Saturn’s New Ring

Sep 30, 2011   //   by Samuel R Solomon   //   Graphic Design, Portfolio  //  No Comments

I was awarded the Graphic Design Award of Excellence at the 2010 PRCA Medallion Awards for Saturn’s New Ring. Published in an October 2009 edition of The Auburn Plainsman accompanying a story about the discovery of another enormous halo surrounding Saturn. The graphic was made from scratch entirely in Adobe Photoshop. The star fields were created by adding noise, then erasing. Bright stars were used with simple solar flares. Saturn’s rings are created from a spiral with added noise. The center is erased and then the ring is moved into position.